Emergency-fender for street-cars.



J. A. GOGHRANE. EMERGENCY FENDER FOR STREET GARS.

APPLICATION FILED 2G, 1913.

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J. A. GOGHRANE.

EMERGENCY EENDEE -EoE STREET GARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1913. 1,097,534, Patented MayV 19, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ALEXANDER COCHRANE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EMERGENCY-FENDER FOR STREET-CARS.

Application filed September 26, 1913.

To all whom 'it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. Cool-mann, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency-Fendersfor Street-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in emergencyfenders for street railway and other cars and the object in view is toproduce a simple and eflicient device of this nature so arranged that,in the event of an obstruction striking a tripping member upon the car,a wheel fender underneath the latter will be thrown downward to catchthe object.

rThe invention comprises various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

illustrate my invent-ion in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a sectional view through a car showing my improved fender andtripping device as applied thereto, parts being shown in their normalpositions. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the car showing the partswith the fender lowered adjacent to the track. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view vertically through the tripping mem ber and thespring-pressed holder, and Fig. i is a cross sectional view taken online 4 1 of Fig. l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a car and B a wheel fender which is pivotally mounted uponthe pins B carried by the sides of the car, as shown in dotted lines inFigs. l, 2 and t of the drawings. Beams F are pivotally connected attheir inner ends by neans of the pivots E with said fender. Springs Hare fastened to the under side of the car and bear against said beams Fand tend to normally hold the latter at their farthestdownward limit.

Bracket arms, designated by letter I, are

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914. Serial No. 792,022.

fastened to the under side of the car and serve as means for guiding thebeams F in their vertical movements.

A tripping member, designated by letter K, which may be of any approvedshape, is pivotally mounted upon the pins N and the upper edge of saidtripping member K is beveled as at K3 and is adapted, when in a verticalplane, to engage the notches J formed in the under edges of the beams F.It will be noted that one wall of the notch is beveled and a plate J iscountersunken in the lower edge of each beam and has an inclined portionengaging the inclined wall of the notch and is milled as at J2 upon itsunder surface and is adapted to be engaged by the angled end K of theangled plate or shoe K2 fitted to the upper beveled end of the trippingmember K. The pressure of the springs H against said beams F issufficient to normally hold the tripping member K in a vertical positionbut, in the event of an obstruction coming against said member K, thelatter will be caused to swing toward the wheel fender, the upper edgeof the beveled part of the tripping member engaging the milled portionsof the plates J thus causing a forward longitudinal move ment to beimparted to the beams F and which movement will tend to tilt the wheelfender to the position shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the leafsprings H bearing against the beams will hold the milled edges of theplates at all times in contact with the upper beveled end of the memberK.

In operation, the wheel fender normally assumes the position shown inFig. 1 of the drawings with the tripping device in a vertical plane.When the tripping member K comes in contact with an object, said memberwill be thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and inits swinging movement the upper beveled edge of the plate thereon, beingin contact with the milled surface of the plate J', will cause a forwardlongitudinal movement to be imparted to the beams F and, by reason ofthe beams being pivoted to the wheel fender, the latter will be tilteddown to the positions shown in the drawings. It will be noted that thesprings H bearing against the under edges of the beams will hold themilled plate always in contact with the angled plate upon the upperpivotal edge of the tripping member K. The parts may' be returned totheir normal positions by swinging the tripping member back to theposition shown in Fig. l.

Vhat l claim to be new is An emergency fender for cars comprising, incombination with a car, a wheel fender pivoted to the sides thereof,beams pivoted at their inner ends to said fender above the point ofpivotal connection thereof with said sides and each beam notched uponits under edge adjacent to its forward free end, a milled plate littedagainst the inclined edge of the notch, leaf springs securedintermediate their ends to the under surface of the car, the ends ofsaid springs bearing against the upper edges of said beams7 bracketssecured to the bottom of the car and adapted to guide said beams intheir vertical movements, a tripping member pivotally mounted upon thesides of the car and having its upper horizontally disposed edgebeveled, and an angled shoe tted over said beveled part of the trippingmember and designed to engage said milled edge of the shoe, and cause aforward longitudinal movement to be imparted to the beams, therebycausing the wheel fender to tilt downward, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I, JAMES ALEXANDER COCHRANE. Vitne'sses Co'RNnLiUs J. OWLEY, JAMESDONALDSON.

Copies o! this patent may 'be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washingfom-D. G.

